TouchCast Studio
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A TV studio. On your iPad.

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Description

Producing broadcast-quality interactive videos used to require expensive equipment and a team of professionals. And then came Studio.

With TouchCast Studio, you have the power of a high-end TV studio at your fingertips. Record a video, edit clips, and add dynamic, interactive features like soundtracks, graphics, and web pages directly from your iPad.

All the great features of TouchCast Studio are available for live video. Stream privately with your team or to a crowd, measure audience interactions with advanced video analytics, moderate comments, and watch as your engagement rates rocket.

What’s New

Version History

2.2.1

Jan 23, 2019

Small update with improvements and bug fixes.

Happy TouchCasting!

2.2

Nov 26, 2018

Sharing touchcast videos to viewers and sharing your Projects with your collaborators is now easier. Projects can be exported as a file. When preparing a touchcast, you can access your materials stored in TouchCast Fabric. Plus a series of small enhancements and bug fixes.

2.1.2

Oct 12, 2018

Fixed rendering of PDF documents on iOS12.

2.1.1

Sep 14, 2018

Studio brings some exciting features to TouchCast video rendering including abilities to choose which clips to render and ways to adjust the quality of the clips or rendering. Live streamers can now set a thumbnail for your event and see your viewers. And you can add 'depth of field' to your camera's background for a professional look. On top of these features, there are dozens of improvements and bug fixes to ensure Studio remains stable and user-friendly!

2.1

Sep 5, 2018

Studio 2.1 brings some clutch features to TouchCast video rendering including abilities to choose which clips to render and ways to adjust the quality of the clips or rendering. Live streamers can now set a thumbnail for your event and see your viewers. And you can add 'depth of field' to your camera's background for a professional look. On top of these features, there are dozens of improvements and bug fixes to ensure Studio remains stable and user-friendly!

2.0.2

Aug 17, 2018

Introducing TouchCast Fabric: our new cloud hosting system! All users get access to me.touchcast.com - a private place to upload, manage, and share your videos. Organizations* can opt to use the Fabric Portal and Fabric Analytics for a robust online video platform.

By updating Studio, your account will auto-migrate to the Fabric backend. Fear not: you can still fetch old Project codes, the links and embeds of previous video uploads still function, and existing Projects (inside My Projects) and touchcast videos (inside My TouchCasts) will not disappear!

*some features of Fabric are only available to TouchCast Partners

2.0.1

Jul 24, 2018

Introducing TouchCast Fabric: our new cloud hosting system! All users get access to me.touchcast.com - a private place to upload, manage, and share your videos. Organizations* can opt to use the Fabric Portal and Fabric Analytics for a robust online video platform.

By updating Studio, your account will auto-migrate to the Fabric backend. Fear not: you can still fetch old Project codes, the links and embeds of previous video uploads still function, and existing Projects (inside My Projects) and touchcast videos (inside My TouchCasts) will not disappear!

*some features of Fabric are only available to TouchCast Partners

2.0

Jul 5, 2018

Introducing TouchCast Fabric: our new cloud hosting system! All users get access to me.touchcast.com - a private place to upload, manage, and share your videos. Organizations* can opt to use the Fabric Portal and Fabric Analytics for a robust online video platform.

By updating Studio to version 2.0, your account will auto-migrate to the Fabric backend. Fear not: you can still fetch old Project codes, the links and embeds of previous video uploads still function, and existing Projects (inside My Projects) and touchcast videos (inside My TouchCasts) will not disappear!

*some features of Fabric are only available to TouchCast Partners

1.20.1

Apr 10, 2018

A small update packed with a lot of bug fixes to improve the new Fusion Engine. Stay tuned for more major updates headed your way ;)

1.20

Mar 5, 2018

The first of two HUGE updates: TouchCast Studio now runs on our Fusion Engine, meaning the most powerful video app on the iPad just raised the bar again... smoother, faster performance coupled with the Metal graphics engine provided by Apple (this does mean to update your Studio app you'll need an iPad that support Metal).

We're laying down the tracks for Studio v2.0 coming this Spring! Stay tuned for some great news soon ;)

1.19.6

Feb 11, 2018

Small update with improvements to live streaming (feature for TouchCast Partners).

1.19.4

New For TouchCast Partners:• Easily schedule an event and invite your live stream audience with the Webinar theme. • Received a .TCT video file? Now you can open and play them with Studio.

There are dozens of small improvements... like displaying thumbnails of saved boards (drawings). Plus several bug fixes and optimizations.

Here are previous notes from other v1.19 releases:

v1.19.3 offers technical improvements to TouchCast live streaming and a few bug fixes.

v1.19.2:This update is all about iOS11! Check out the new Files vApp which embraces the new iOS Files system. It's never been easier to get documents and files into your video.

v1.19.1:A brand new TouchCast Studio! Don't worry: it's the same app experience with a fresh look to match the TouchCast brand. And we think you'll love the new style. Back by popular demand: we've returned the Smart Pause (the backtrack feature returns to quickly record over a mistake).

Additionally for our Partners, you'll also notice these improvements:- TC Stock: free, unlimited access to 300k videos, images, and sound files -- all accessible from inside the app- Ability to render a touchcast video in high quality- Ability to live stream with multiple bitrates (better performance on low bandwidth networks)- Live stream viewer comments appear for the author inside Studio- Stricter privacy for users on shared iPads (you can no longer see another user's data)- Export a touchcast video as a zipped .tct file (with full interactivity!)

1.19.3

Nov 13, 2017

v1.19.3 offers technical improvements to TouchCast live streaming and a few bug fixes.

Here are previous notes from other v1.19 releases:

v1.19.2:This update is all about iOS11! Check out the new Files vApp which embraces the new iOS Files system. It's never been easier to get documents and files into your video.

v1.19.1:A brand new TouchCast Studio! Don't worry: it's the same app experience with a fresh look to match the TouchCast brand. And we think you'll love the new style. Back by popular demand: we've returned the Smart Pause (the backtrack feature returns to quickly record over a mistake).

Additionally for our Partners, you'll also notice these improvements:- TC Stock: free, unlimited access to 300k videos, images, and sound files -- all accessible from inside the app- Ability to render a touchcast video in high quality- Ability to live stream with multiple bitrates (better performance on low bandwidth networks)- Live stream viewer comments appear for the author inside Studio- Stricter privacy for users on shared iPads (you can no longer see another user's data)- Export a touchcast video as a zipped .tct file (with full interactivity!)

1.19.2

Oct 19, 2017

This update is all about iOS11! Check out the new Files vApp which embraces the new iOS Files system. It's never been easier to get documents and files into your video.

Included in this update are some general bug fixes for some issues introduced with v1.19.1.

Here are those previous notes on the huge v1.19.1 update:

A brand new TouchCast Studio! Don't worry: it's the same app experience with a fresh look to match the TouchCast brand. And we think you'll love the new style. Back by popular demand: we've returned the Smart Pause (the backtrack feature returns to quickly record over a mistake).

Additionally for our Partners, you'll also notice these improvements:- TC Stock: free, unlimited access to 300k videos, images, and sound files -- all accessible from inside the app- Ability to render a touchcast video in high quality- Ability to live stream with multiple bitrates (better performance on low bandwidth networks)- Live stream viewer comments appear for the author inside Studio- Stricter privacy for users on shared iPads (you can no longer see another user's data)- Export a touchcast video as a zipped .tct file (with full interactivity!)

1.19.1

Oct 1, 2017

A brand new TouchCast Studio! Don't worry: it's the same app experience with a fresh look to match the TouchCast brand. And we think you'll love the new style. Back by popular demand: we've returned the Smart Pause (the backtrack feature returns to quickly record over a mistake).

Additionally for our Partners, you'll also notice these improvements:- TC Stock: free, unlimited access to 300k videos, images, and sound files -- all accessible from inside the app- Ability to render a touchcast video in high quality- Ability to live stream with multiple bitrates (better performance on low bandwidth networks)- Live stream viewer comments appear for the author inside Studio- Stricter privacy for users on shared iPads (you can no longer see another user's data)- Export a touchcast video as a zipped .tct file (with full interactivity!)

1.18.7

Jul 3, 2017

Fixed a bug related to sound recording working with the video import mode.

1.18.6

Jun 13, 2017

We regularly work under the hood to improve stability, speed things up, and fix a few bugs. This is one of those updates.

Happy TouchCasting!

1.18.4

May 24, 2017

Quality of service improvements and bug fixes.

1.18.2

Feb 7, 2017

INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST (TRULY) INTERACTIVE VIDEO LIVE STREAM! For users with a TouchCast Partner ID, you can now live stream with Smart Video! That means full interactivity as you broadcast to thousands. Do all of the same things you do with TouchCast Studio but now stream your video as it happens. You can manage the privacy of your stream (public or private) and even moderate comments. Save your stream to edit or to simply make available on your channel for others to view later. We've put a lot of time into perfecting the system and can't wait for you to try it!

Available to all users: a NEW CROP TOOL with managing your green screen / chroma key. Now you can define the area where a presenter is positioned and the app knows to replace the background for everything that sits outside of this box. It makes using the green screen even easier to use, especially in poor lighting conditions.

1.18.1

Feb 6, 2017

INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST (TRULY) INTERACTIVE VIDEO LIVE STREAM! For users with a TouchCast Partner ID, you can now live stream with Smart Video! That means full interactivity as you broadcast to thousands. Do all of the same things you do with TouchCast Studio but now stream your video as it happens. You can manage the privacy of your stream (public or private) and even moderate comments. Save your stream to edit or to simply make available on your channel for others to view later. We've put a lot of time into perfecting the system and can't wait for you to try it!

Available to all users: a NEW CROP TOOL with managing your green screen / chroma key. Now you can define the area where a presenter is positioned and the app knows to replace the background for everything that sits outside of this box. It makes using the green screen even easier to use, especially in poor lighting conditions.

1.18

Feb 2, 2017

INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST (TRULY) INTERACTIVE VIDEO LIVE STREAM! For users with a TouchCast Partner ID, you can now live stream with full interactivity. Do all of the same things you do with TouchCast Studio but now stream your video as it happens. You can manage the privacy of your stream (public or private) and even moderate comments. Save your stream to edit or to simply make available on your channel for others to view later. We've put a lot of time into perfecting the system and can't wait for you to try it!

Available to all users: a NEW CROP TOOL with managing your green screen / chroma key. Now you can define the area where a presenter is positioned and the app knows to replace the background for everything that sits outside of this box. It makes using the green screen even easier to use, especially in poor lighting conditions.

1.17.3

Sep 22, 2016

iOS10 ready with a few big fixes ;)

1.17.2

Jul 26, 2016

Extermination of bugs ;)

1.17.1

Jun 27, 2016

[+] Ability to use videos from iCloud Photo Library [+] Some important bug fixes

1.17

May 30, 2016

We've got a small but important update for Studio:[+] Some important bug fixes including one where audio-video lost sync on longer recordings[+] UI improvements for Camera control including focus & exposure control, easier to see audio meter and ability to change the color and size of your Teleprompter text[+] Search ability in your Projects[+] New media vApps! Flickr Images, British Library Images and Archive.org Videos are all ready for you to grab the media you need for your next touchcast video

As always, visit http://support.touchcast.com if you have questions or needs and follow @touchcast on Twitter for the latest product announcements. Happy TouchCasting!

Jan 23, 2019

Version 2.2.1

Small update with improvements and bug fixes.

Happy TouchCasting!

Ratings and Reviews

3.0 out of 5

46 Ratings

46 Ratings

!!fix the problem!!
, 11/27/2018

Sign Up verification questions

I’m trying to sign up with this for a school project and I’ve spent 10 minutes trying to get the questions right, but keep getting them wrong. For example, it asked me to choose photos with a bus. I clicked every photo with one and waited for the next picture to replace the last one. I kept doing this until in every photo, THERE WAS NO BUS. There was literally no bus but it kept saying to try again when I verified that they were all gone. I even took a screenshot of my screen right before I verified to show the people around me that something is wrong with the verification. Multiple people have agreed with me, there is no photo with a bus left. It shouldn’t be this hard to create an account with a video making/editing app. It’s not like this is a banking app where there should be many verification steps. Please fix this so I can use this app on future projects, because I can’t currently use it.

!!fix the problem!!
, 11/27/2018

Sign Up verification questions

I’m trying to sign up with this for a school project and I’ve spent 10 minutes trying to get the questions right, but keep getting them wrong. For example, it asked me to choose photos with a bus. I clicked every photo with one and waited for the next picture to replace the last one. I kept doing this until in every photo, THERE WAS NO BUS. There was literally no bus but it kept saying to try again when I verified that they were all gone. I even took a screenshot of my screen right before I verified to show the people around me that something is wrong with the verification. Multiple people have agreed with me, there is no photo with a bus left. It shouldn’t be this hard to create an account with a video making/editing app. It’s not like this is a banking app where there should be many verification steps. Please fix this so I can use this app on future projects, because I can’t currently use it.

jerlammy
, 12/23/2018

This is probably the worst onboarding I’ve ever seen

Tbh I don’t even want to review the rest of this app.

The signup process is SUCH a chore:

1. Something was wrong with the human verification, it kept showing me fire hydrant pics, roughly around 10 different ones. Not sure why.

2. There was a bug right after the signup, saying its signing me in, but it just got stuck there.

3. The password requirements are so dated... who does that??? And Security questions??? How about making them optional so I can start using it first and come back later? You made me verify my email already... Seriously how redundant does your security need to be its not like you’re a bank app....

4. It took me a total of 20 minutes just to start using this app.

Can you guys please check your user funnels and look at where they drop off? I have a really big hunch that your onboarding is obnoxiously bad...

jerlammy
, 12/23/2018

This is probably the worst onboarding I’ve ever seen

Tbh I don’t even want to review the rest of this app.

The signup process is SUCH a chore:

1. Something was wrong with the human verification, it kept showing me fire hydrant pics, roughly around 10 different ones. Not sure why.

2. There was a bug right after the signup, saying its signing me in, but it just got stuck there.

3. The password requirements are so dated... who does that??? And Security questions??? How about making them optional so I can start using it first and come back later? You made me verify my email already... Seriously how redundant does your security need to be its not like you’re a bank app....

4. It took me a total of 20 minutes just to start using this app.

Can you guys please check your user funnels and look at where they drop off? I have a really big hunch that your onboarding is obnoxiously bad...

PmQuigJr
, 12/31/2017

Omits simple functions

I have a love-hate relationship with this app. It’s prompter feature is excellent. But they overlooked simple functions. For example, I tried The Import feature. It turned the video sideways. And I could not find a fix, despite several internet searches. Their “help” menu was NO help at all. Logically, there must be a simple fix. But finding that fix was no simple matter at all! (Still looking, BTW.)

Developer Response
, 02/22/2018

This was a bug that was fixed in v1.19.6 where iOS11 screen capture video would get turned sideways. Please make sure you update TouchCast Studio to the latest and greatest!

PmQuigJr
, 12/31/2017

Omits simple functions

I have a love-hate relationship with this app. It’s prompter feature is excellent. But they overlooked simple functions. For example, I tried The Import feature. It turned the video sideways. And I could not find a fix, despite several internet searches. Their “help” menu was NO help at all. Logically, there must be a simple fix. But finding that fix was no simple matter at all! (Still looking, BTW.)

Developer Response
, 02/22/2018

This was a bug that was fixed in v1.19.6 where iOS11 screen capture video would get turned sideways. Please make sure you update TouchCast Studio to the latest and greatest!